09. Flatstock

The Flatstock poster show is its own special place within Pitchfork. This is where you can find the best merch of the weekend, as many of the artists displaying work have been commissioned to design for bands for that weekend. The savviest designers, though, just went rogue, and riffed on the endlessly quotable R. Kelly. Burlesque Of North America, for instance, were shilling packs of 24-stickers festooned with Kells’s face and punchiest lyrics, and T-shirts of Kells adorned in Paul Stanley’s KISS makeup — with the word PISS in the band’s signature typeface.